Ottawa-Carleton Lifeskills Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 107805673RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($20,235,589) as filed with the CRA.
Ottawa-Carleton Lifeskills Inc. is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $19.9M in revenue and $20.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 97% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $9,574.
Compared with 427 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 81% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 114 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
To provide care to developmentally delayed adults in residential supported independent living and day program settings.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $19.9M | $20.2M | $19.5M | — | — | $4.5M |
| 2023 | $19.3M | $19.1M | $17.6M | — | $500K | $4.9M |
| 2022 | $18.4M | $18.2M | $16.8M | — | — | $4.6M |
| 2021 | $17.3M | $17M | $15.6M | $935 | — | $4.4M |
| 2020 | $16.3M | $16.2M | $14.8M | $138K | — | $4.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $9,574 from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions114
- Total compensation, all staff$16M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Miriam Fry (member); Christine Lund (secretary); Robert Dupuis (chair); Megan Darroch (vice chair); Susan Bihun (member at large); George Jacobson (treasurer); Jack Stilborn (member); Kate Agyemang (member); Robert Froom (member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ottawa-Carleton Lifeskills Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107805673RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.